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    Default Late model wadkin ECA

    Hows this for a late model Wadkin ECA .

    Plastic Badge! And I guess an Aluminum tag. I don't think Ive ever seen a machine this late before.

    Test no 90248 is after the last date on Marks list which ends at 89787 for 1982.

    When did Wadkin cease to manufacture?

    Were there Wadkin machines made later than this with the same quality like this? Not those badges but machine build looks the same as the 40s and in great condition.

    Wadkin ECA 4 Head Tenoner (PS5,995.00+ VAT) | eBay




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    Very nice! Geez £7,194.00 - there was a very nice Robinson down in SA a few months ago for $2,500 it would have been a really good buy, was up for sale for a couple of months can you believe it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    ...When did Wadkin cease to manufacture?...
    I think they finally closed in 2007 or 2008. But most of their later machines were fabricated steel. I think very few of their cast iron machines lasted beyond the 1960s/1970s. The EQ spindle moulder may be another that survived a long time

    And IIRC Mark Furnman said that from the change to "Wadkin PLC" Wadkin was part of the Robinson group of companies - and I've seen a few machines with "Wadkin PLC" tags that were almost certainly Robinson machines.

    My tuppence worth.

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    I wish my EC looked like that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie_6ft View Post
    Very nice! Geez £7,194.00 - there was a very nice Robinson down in SA a few months ago for $2,500 it would have been a really good buy, was up for sale for a couple of months can you believe it.

    This one seems still available .

    Used wadkin - bursgreen Wadkin Bursgreen Single End Tennoner Single End Tenoner in BOOLAROO, NSW

    I reckon that's a bargain and Cool as well. Not sure what is missing in center of sliding table though .
    Does a catalogue picture exist of one of these?

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    This one seems still available .

    Used wadkin - bursgreen Wadkin Bursgreen Single End Tennoner Single End Tenoner in BOOLAROO, NSW

    I reckon that's a bargain and Cool as well. Not sure what is missing in center of sliding table though .
    Does a catalogue picture exist of one of these?
    I have mentioned this one before, I didn't buy it because you can't lock the Top & Bottom cutter blocks together once the tenon thickness is dialled in on this older model.

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